Escobar and Lajcak arrive for meeting with Kurt

Their visit is intended to find a solution to emerge from the current tense situation in the north, which risks damaging all that the EU considers a success in dialogue. They, in addition to meetings with institutions in Pristina, are expected to visit the country's north.

The EU in a statement to the media, days earlier, stressed that calm should be restored urgently.

The European Union is ready to implement decisive measures. Failure to escalate tensions will lead to negative consequences. We expect Kosovo to act in a non-deceleration manner and immediately suspend police operations near municipal buildings in northern Kosovo. Mayors of municipalities must temporarily carry out their duties in objects other than municipal buildings. Early elections must be announced in all four municipalities as soon as possible and fully comprehensively organised. We expect Kosovo Serbs to participate in these elections. We express concern for the state of the highest alert of the Serbian Armed Forces. The European Union expects Kosovo and Serbia to act responsibly and engage immediately in the EU-mediated Dialogue to find a sustainable solution to the situation in northern Kosovo that guarantees protection, security and democracy with participants for all citizens, and paves the way for implementation of the Road to Normalisation and its Anex. This includes starting without any further delay or preconditions of work for establishing the Association of Serb-run municipalities”, the statement said.

On May 26th, local Serbs from the northern municipalities -- Zvecan, Leposaviq and Zubin Potok -- are protesting to reject the entry of young Albanian mayors into municipal buildings.

On May 29th, the situation has escalated in Zvecan, following the clash of Serb protesters with KFOR members.

As a result, 30 members of the peacekeeping force as well as members of the Kosovo Police have been injured. KFOR, Kosovo Police and media vehicles have been damaged and burned during the protests.

The boss himself NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has strongly condemned violence against KFOR members.

Violence Has Stood Up NATO engages 700 additional troops in Kosovo, in addition to the 4,000 troops that are only in our country.

The international factor has repeatedly called for steps towards reducing tensions.

Among the requirements are the withdrawal of mayors from municipal buildings and the suspension of police operations near buildings in the north.

However, some diplomats have also called for holding new elections in that part of the country. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti have indicated that something like this could happen, respecting Kosovo's laws.

As for Serbia, the international factor has asked this state to lower its state of military readiness, and to help reduce tensions among Serb protesters in the north.

Kosovo and Serbia, with EU mediation, have started negotiations on normalising relations in 2011.

The sides have signed several agreements, but mainly from Serbia have not been implemented.